original questions -- we're either going to be dependent on dirty oil from the gulf or dirty oil from canada. until we can get our act together as a country and figure out that clean, renewable energy is in both our economic interest and the interest of our planet -- [applause] i mean, i do not think it will come as a surprise to anyone how deeply disappointed the president and i are about our inability to get the kind of legislation through the senate that the united states was seeking. now, that has not stopped what we are doing. we have moved a lot on the regulatory front for the epa here at home. we have been working with a number of countries on adaptation and mitigation measures. obviously, it was one of the highest priorities of the administration for us to enshrine in legislation president obama's commitment to reducing our emissions. so, we do have a lot that still must be done and it is a hard balancing act. it is a very hard balancing act, but it is also -- for me, energy security requires that i look at all of the factors that we have to consider whiel we -- while we try to exped